The "Thermodynamic" Universe
General Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Much of the twentieth century physics has considered rigid laws-- even Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics were based on such laws. These laws operated in a smooth spacetime manifold. However more recent approaches as in Quantum Gravity schemes or Quantum Super String theory deal with a non differentiable spacetime manifold. With this we have to consider the new paradigm of Dark Energy of Zero Point Field. The picture that now emerges is that of a universe that is ``Thermodynamic''. We investigate how this can explain phenomenon like the velocity of light and also provide tests for experimental verification.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0506110,
title = {The "Thermodynamic" Universe},
author = {Burra G. Sidharth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0506110},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages,tex,based on the talk presented at the University of Udine, Italy